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package edu.ucla.cs.typecast.net;

/**
 * 
 * This class is used to create a EndPointListener for a specific network
 * end point
 * 
 * @date Jul 25, 2007
 *
 */
public class EndPointListenerFactory {
    static { 
        System.setProperty("java.net.preferIPv4Stack","true"); 
    }
    
	/**
	 * Crate a EndPointListener
	 * @param endPoint The end point that will be listened upon. 
	 * @return A EndPointListener that can manage the end point. 
	 */
	static public EndPointListener createEndPointListener(EndPoint endPoint) { 
		if (endPoint.getAddress().isMulticastAddress()) { 
			return new MulticastEndPointListener(); 
		} else { 
			return new UnicastEndPointListener(); 
		}
	}
}
